"Advise on initial contact, you have information...." Followed by the information code. (Letters A-Z)

When they say "advise on initial contact", that means when you contact a controller, you let them know you have the current weather. This pertains to such things as when you contact Clearance Delivery, Ground or Tower (for landing or transitioning through their airspace), etc.

At some airports, ATIS's are recorded manually by controllers every hour. At others, they are automated and updated every hour, or whenever significant weather changes occur. In the clip I have, it sounds like Stephen Hawking giving the briefing...

for example, if you look up the airport information in the AFD or at airnav.com in the communications section it will list the frequency for the ATIS or D-ATIS and a phone number if one is available. At some airports they only have a phone number for an ASOS or AWOS, most D-ATIS' have a phone number.Here is the link to Long Beach Airports information and you can see they do have a number where you can call and listen to the ATIS. http://www.airnav.com/airport/Klgb I program these numbers for local airports in my phone and those of airports I fly to frequently so I can call and get updated weather. I usually place the call right before I depart. Also nice if you are flying to an airport that is very close and may not have enough time to pick up the atis in the air, just call, write it down, and take off.

WHOOPS!! So Sorry about providing the wrong number. It's been a while since I called it (4 years now)... no surprise it's subscription service... used to be free and you just listened to an advertisement before the recording started.